twilight-code

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twilight-code··on Share your shell and show your tricked-out terminals

I customized mine with a new daily message: https://github.com/hyperphantasia/fuzzy-carnival

twilight-code··on How to free up and automatically manage disk space for WSL

good point

twilight-code··on How to free up and automatically manage disk space for WSL

Exporting and re-importing the WSL distro is simpler and usually preferred. The tutorial and script are based on this conversation: https://superuser.com/questions/1606213/how-do-i-get-back-un... which mentions some issues with the re-import that includes the need to reset the default username.

twilight-code··on How to free up and automatically manage disk space for WSL

There are two options mentioned out there: - https://github.com/brooks-code/WSL-VHDX-Compact - https://github.com/okibcn/wslcompact and probably (much) more on GitHub :)

twilight-code··on Free up disk space on WSL2

I also wrote a (lengthy) tutorial about it: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-free-up-and-automat...

twilight-code··on Has anyone experienced their GitHub repos being targeted by malicious clones?

Yeah, I agree. Trust, but verify.

twilight-code··on Don't Fall for AI: Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop

AI can generate text, but it cannot truly 'create' - it remixes.

twilight-code··on People who frequently use ChatGPT for writing tasks can detect AI-generated text

I think you don't even need to use chatGPT, who was using make-me-sound smart verbs like 'delve' frequently before? Now, in some publications; I see it regularly.